-Niti Central According to a report, the Rangarajan committee has retained consumption expenditure as the basis for determining poverty according to which the total number of poor in the country at 36.3 crore or 29.6 per cent of the population. After much public outcry over the UPA's poverty line, another expert panel headed by veteran economist C Rangarajan has come up with a report recommending that those who are spending more than...
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Even Rangarajan couldn't bring India's poor to BRICS standard
-The Hindustan Times India's national poverty line continues to be the lowest among the BRICS countries, even after the upward revision recommended by the panel headed by former RBI governor C Rangarajan - Rs. 32 per capita per day in rural areas (Rs 11,660 a year) and Rs. 47 per capita per day (Rs 16,884 a year) for urban areas. In dollar terms, it works out to $194 per capita annually for...
More »Poverty line redrawn, 3 in 10 Indians are poor: report -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times Nearly one in three Indians was poor in 2011-12, according to a new report that was commissioned following widespread criticism two years ago that the government grossly underestimated the number of poor in the country by choosing an unrealistic poverty line for such estimates. The panel, headed by former RBI governor C Rangarajan who also was the chairman of the prime minister's economic advisory council in the UPA government,...
More »With onset of paddy season, farmers try to woo ‘missing’ labourers with added attractions-Raakhi Jagga
-The Indian Express Ludhiana: Even as the paddy season began on June 10, farmers are still busy wooing labourers to work in their farms, while many landlords have increased bounties to attract previous year's workers. They are offering unlimited rations, milk, non-vegeterian food once a week, mobile recharge, Bhojpuri music while farmers work in the fields and much more. Migrant labourers usually work in Punjab fields but with MNREGA providing employment at...
More »High Time Odhisha adopted rural housing policy-Manas Jena
-The Pioneer Bhubaneswar: Home is an integral part of life and determinant of standard of living and progress of society. Rural Odisha witnesses a very poor standard of habitation and lack of proper housing for lakhs of poor people who are dreaming of a house of their own to live with dignity. Socio-cultural barriers, landlessness and lack of credit for housing are some of the major reasons which deprive rural poor of...
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